Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the State of Michigan after a plan to kidnap her and other Michigan government officials was thwarted by state and federal law enforcement agencies. She started by saying thank you to law enforcement and FBI agents who participated in stopping this [...]
BTL Staff Photo from the KGLRC KALAMAZOO - After a search that started in March, the KGLRC has chosen a new Executive Director to lead the center forward. Jay Maddock, the former Program Director [...]
BTL Staff Art by Damien Salas SACRAMENTO, CA - Governor Jerry Brow has signed legislation replacing the language in California state law that defines marriage as "between a man and a woman." The new [...]
By BTL Staff The June 30 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the "Hobby Lobby" case has resulted in controversy. The 5 to 4 decision found that commercial employers may have religious exemptions from covering contraception [...]
By BTL Staff Grand Rapids, MI -- MLive recently reported that Kent County clerk and register of deeds, Mary Hollinrake, won't have to defend a federal lawsuit brought by a gay couple who said her [...]
cut/ Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
cut/ Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
BTL STAFF AUSTRALIA - Children of same-sex attracted parents have above average health and wellbeing, according to University of Melbourne research published in the journal BMC Public Health. The study did warn that stigma was [...]
From left candidates Rudy Serra (State Rep 27th District), Jon Hoadley(State Rep 60th District), Jeremy Moss (State Rep 35th District), and Garnet Lewis (State Senate 32nd District). Monday, July 7 is the last day [...]
Barbara Gittings picketing Independence Hall July 4, 1966. Photo taken by Kay Lahusen. Gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings died of breast cancer on Feb. 18, 2007 at the age of 74. She spent all [...]
"Lighting, sweetie, lighting!" is Tori Amos' theatrical retort to my compliment about how she's still looking as radiant as she did at the launch of her career just over three decades ago. Amos is now [...]
BTL Staff CHEYENNE, WY - On July 1 the plaintiffs challenging the State of Wyoming's refusal to permit same-sex couples to marry asked a state district court to declare the ban on marriage equality as [...]
By BTL Staff Burger King announced it will be selling "the Proud Whopper," a regular Whopper wrapped in rainbow paper. The wrapper reads "We are all the same inside." BK's Senior Vice President of Global [...]
BTL Staff Photo by USA Today KENTUCKY- Republican-appointed federal judge ruled on July 1 that Kentucky's constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from the freedom to marry is unconstitutional. U. S. District Judge John G. [...]
By BTL Staff Shauna MacDonald, director, producer and star of the LGBT film "Tru Love," will be in Royal Oak for a meet and greet on Wednesday. The 2013 film is about Tru, a 30-something [...]
America is a weird place. On the one hand, we have court after court giving the legal middle finger to anti-gay marriage laws across the land. On the other hand, we have a Supreme Court [...]
By Amy J. Parrent Trevon Davis of "The Book of Mormon." Photo: Courtesy, Broadway in Detroit "The Book of Mormon" makes another stop in Detroit this summer, part of a long tour for the [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON, DC - A new Bill was introduced on June 26th, in the United States House of Representatives, suggests language to include LGBT representation on the National Veterans Advisory Committee. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
Lana Del Rey, 'Ultraviolence' The feigned public image adapted by Lizzy Grant (better known as Lana Del Rey) extends to the singer's latest album, "Ultraviolence," where her divisive commentaries on greed, danger and dying complement [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Some LGBT legal activists say today's decision in a U.S. Supreme Court religious exemption case amounts to a "dangerous and radical departure from existing law that creates far more [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service UTAH HEADING TO SUPREME COURT NEXT: Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes issued a statement late Wednesday saying his office intends to file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
BTL Staff Tiffany Edwards, Photo from WLWT-TV, Cincinnati OHIO - The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs mourns the 4th death of a transgender woman of color in June. Edit Quamar Edwards, suspect in Tiffany's [...]
Former Entertainment Weekly writer and YouTube amateur Grady Smith posted a video on his channel Thursday coming out as a gay Christian who chooses not to act on his sexual feelings. "I choose not to [...]
Former Entertainment Weekly writer and YouTube amateur Grady Smith posted a video on his channel Thursday coming out as a gay Christian who chooses not to act on his sexual feelings. "I choose not to [...]
by Michael Einheuser, Ph.B. J.D. The Legal Marriage Counselor Let's face it. When a loved one gets down on one knee, gives you a ring and asks for your hand in marriage, your response isn't [...]
Summer is officially here, which means that it's time to slip into something a little lighter. So you can spend more time soakin' up the sun instead of scouring the Internet, I've compiled this list [...]
BTL Staff LOS ANGELES - SHOWTIME presents a television premiere of "Kidnapped For Christ," the award-winning documentary chronicling the shocking truth behind Escuela Caribe, a "troubled teen" school run in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. "They tied [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus The 12th Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, presented by HotWorks, comes to metro Detroit July 26-27. The weekend event has grown into one of the top 100 art shows in [...]
Across 1 Pole of your first mate? 5 Flat hat 10 Flat-bottomed boat 14 "Aida" solo 15 Wed in secret 16 Stage show with "Sodomy" 17 "___ Get a Witness" (Marvin Gaye) 18 Crossword hints [...]
By John Quinn Joe Hamid and Robbie Dwight play an updated and dirtier Abbott and Costello in Marty Shea's one-act play, "Who's On Dick?" Shea's play is one of eight Michigan playwrights chosen for this [...]
By John Quinn Jada Johnson, Samantha York, Garett Harris, Brad Smith, Madison Miller, Tayler Jones in "Stone Soup: A Wrap Opera" at the Hilberry Theatre. Photo: WSU Theatres "The thing is, see, I'm older [...]
By Jenn McKee Danielle Wade as Dorothy, Jamie McKnight as Scarecrow, Lee MacDougall as Lion, Mike Jackson as Tin Man. Photo: Cylla Von Tiedemann Theater magic and movie magic are, intrinsically, very different animals [...]
By Judith Cookis Rubens Scott Lange and Chaz Bratton as Aufidius and Coriolanus in the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company's production of "Coriolanus." Photo: Kat Hermes. Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company never seems to shy away [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman Adrianna Jones as Beneatha Younger, Darnell Benjamin as Walter Lee Younger, Gladys DeVane as Lena Younger, Sierra White as Ruth Younger, and Quinten Simonson as Travis Younger in HSRT's production of [...]
By Martin F. Kohn Will David Young and Franette Liebow in "The Last Romance." Photo: Sean Carter Photography) Much of "The Last Romance" takes place in a dog park, a setting that reflects the [...]
AJ Trager Older Adult LGBT Coalition members and event volunteers Kat LaTosch, Cornelius Wilson and Judy Lewis. BTL photo: AJ Trager DETROIT - "Living in the spirit of now. What does that mean? Think [...]
By Christopher J. Treacy When it comes to the topic of aging among gay men, the word "taboo" doesn't really do it justice. Gerascophobia is more like it, and seems more appropriate since it rolls [...]
BTL Staff LANSING - AIDS Service Organizations including Michigan AIDS Coalition, Wellness and Lansing Area AIDS Network, The Red Project, Between The Lines and community activists launched a new online social media campaign this week [...]
FERNDALE - More than 70 people came out Friday for a benefit variety show for Kevin Rogers at Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. The show, which featured folk tunes, Broadway and even opera, was followed by [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Cevin Soling, writer and director of the acclaimed documentary on the failures of the public school system in the United States called "The War On Kids," recently spoke with BTL. He [...]
On March 27 couples in Michigan married in 4 counties until a stay was issued. Seen here are couples waiting to receive their official marriage licenses after Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown officiated in over [...]
DETROIT - A 16-year-old boy was charged last week in the June 8 beating of Christin Howard, which took place just outside Motor City Pride on the Detroit Riverwalk. The teenager, who is not being [...]
By BTL Staff The live art of glass blowing, portraits, face painting and information from a kayak tour company are among the more than 40 booths that will be spread throughout Centennial Park, between River [...]
By Lisa Keen June 26 is the most historic date on the LGBT civil rights movement's calendar. It is the day in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enforce laws [...]
